LOS ANGELIS, CA – FEBRUARY 11: Former NFL player Brett Favre attends Day 3 of SiriusXM of Super Bowl LVI on February 11, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images for SiriusXM)
Former Green Bay Packers Quarterback Brett Favre has been the face of controversy over the benefits fraud scandal, and new details have been released.
Former Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre, despite retiring from the NFL in 2010, has again received media attention, however, due to For all the wrong reasons, he was in the public eye. He was recently implicated in a scandal that used welfare funds to fund the construction of a volleyball facility at the University of Mississippi.
Favre is defending his innocence, claiming he did not know the funds came from benefits. However, according to ESPN’s Mark Fainaru-Wada, two concussion drug companies backed by Favre are also embroiled in welfare scandals related to him.
For Fainaru-Wada, founder of Prevacus and PresolMD, Jake VanLandingham has faced “huge” debt over the past few years, allegedly every Each company received more than $2.1 million in Mississippi State Benefit Funds.
Favre is reported to be the largest outside investor in Prevacus and has invested $1 million in the companies.
VanLagingham told ESPN, “I didn’t know it was welfare, I’ve always been a person of integrity when it comes to research.” Favre has yet to comment. , but for the once-beloved quarterback, things only seem to have gotten worse.
Brett Favre welfare scandal may be deeper than it first seems
In the initial message, the Favre scandal appeared to be only through the University of Mississippi. While it’s not too unbelievable that he doesn’t know the money coming from benefits considering Favre’s cryptic text message asking the media if they can find out where the money came from, it’s easier to get back if only one organization is involved.
However, the network seems to be growing as connections are made and connections to Favre. When exposed by the University of Mississippi, he dug a deep hole, and now the situation will only get worse.
